3. In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who
physically and morally endures hardships.
4. In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to
the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and
probability.
It is morally impossible for an hypocrite to keep himself long upon
his guard.
L'Estrange.
Mo*rass" (?), n. [OE. marras, mareis (perh. through D. moeras), fr. F.
marais, prob. from L. mare sea, in LL., any body of water; but perh.
influenced by some German word. See Mere a lake, and cf. Marsh.] A
tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
Morass ore. (Min.) See Bog ore, under Bog.
mo*rass"y (?), a. Marshy; fenny. [R.] Pennant.
Mo"rate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of moric acid.
Mo*ra"tion (?), n. [L. moratio.] A delaying tarrying; delay. [R.] Sir
T. Browne.
Mo*ra"vi*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United
Brethren. See Moravian, n.
Mo*ra"vi*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect called the United
Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a
separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the
middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by
persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the
United Brethren, was reëstablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count
Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter.
Mo*ra"vi*an*ism (?), n. The religious system of the Moravians.
Mor"ay (?), n. (Zoöl.) A muræna.
Mor"bid (?), a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to
die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.] 1. Not sound and
healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased;
sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the
juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart." Hawthorne.